A Life of Landscape and Verse František Kaván lived a life defined by the quiet rhythms of the Czech landscape. Born in Víchovská Lhota near Jilemnice, he was a man of dual pursuits, finding expression both through the brush and the pen. While his poetry eventually faded from public memory, his paintings remained anchored to the earth. He was a student of the gymnasium in Hradec Králové, finishing his studies there in 1888 before movi…